On 7/20/2014 10:23 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> "Cheri" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>> eb.com...
>>> On 7/20/2014 1:52 PM, Malcom "Mal" Reynolds wrote:
>>>> In article om>,
>>>> Cheryl > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm so sorry to vent and the OT but I'm going out of my skin. I had a
>>>>> back molar extracted the other day and it was a deep root so the
>>>>> extraction site is still in a lot of pain despite the painkillers,
>>>>> which
>>>>> I don't think I can take anymore. Making my face and nose itch too
>>>>> much.
>>>>> Now I keep biting the inside of my cheek on the other side of my
>>>>> mouth,
>>>>> I guess trying to keep anything from touching the painful side. I
>>>>> can't
>>>>> stand this! OUCH and OUCH OUCH.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ok, I'm done now.
>>>>
>>>> I found that taking ibuprofen in addition to the pain killers
>>>> prescribed
>>>> to me helped greatly
>>>>
>>>
>>> Will rinsing your mouth with warm water help?
>>>
>>> When I had terrible mouth pain from radiation, my doctors prescribed
>>> rinsing with warm water mixed with baking soda and, if you'd like, a
>>> bit of salt.
>>
>> When I had my impacted wisdom tooth pulled the dentist didn't want me
>> to rinse on that side for several days due to disturbing the clot.
>> Things might have changed since then though.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I seem to remember something like that too but that was back in the
> 70's. Someone here said to avoid straws but I thought I was only to
> drink from a straw. I could be confused though. I just remember my mom
> making me a lot of soup and Jell-O. I hate Jell-O and I never did
> figure out why both of my parents thought that soup was a good idea
> after having dental work done. But they did.
>
> I find that as my mouth is waking up, drinking is very difficult and
> thus the broth from the soup is hard to get down. And it takes forever
> for me to eat a both of brothy soup unless I pick it up and drink it
> which I simply can not do with a numb and sore mouth. I also find it
> difficult to slurp up the noodles and one of my mom's favorite soups to
> serve was the Campbell's Chicken and Noodle, perhaps because it was cheap.
>
> I would much rather have something that can be eaten quickly and that
> will fill me up pretty fast when I am suffering with dental stuff.
> Something like a little cottage cheese. No real need to chew it and can
> be easily swallowed. Refried beans are good too. Or perhaps if a soup,
> then a thick one like bean. At least if you can only manage to few
> bites of that you feel like you have had some substance. It's not like
> chicken broth that leave you still hungry.

One of the few things I was able to eat, other than drinking a Boost,
when my mouth was burned up from the radiation was (don't gag) Kraft
macaroni and cheese in the easy package that you microwaved. I would add
some heavy cream to make it looser and add calories. At 98 pounds I
needed the extra calories.

It took very little chewing as the macaroni was mushy and the mouth-feel
of the cheese was soothing.

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From somewhere very deep in the heart of Texas

On 7/21/2014 11:51 AM, Janet Wilder wrote:
>
> One of the few things I was able to eat, other than drinking a Boost,
> when my mouth was burned up from the radiation was (don't gag) Kraft
> macaroni and cheese in the easy package that you microwaved. I would add
> some heavy cream to make it looser and add calories. At 98 pounds I
> needed the extra calories.
>
> It took very little chewing as the macaroni was mushy and the mouth-feel
> of the cheese was soothing.

I can definitely understand that when you need something soothing to eat
when you're both in pain, and feeling like crap from chemo. My sister
often talks about chemo brain, so there is a psychological part of the
treatment as well. I say eat what you want, especially if you need to
put on weight.

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Cheryl